Handle and brush holder for paint cans



1951 D. E. ENTSMINGER 2,573,233

HANDLE AND BRUSH HOLDER FOR PAINT CANS Filed March 3, 1947 lureutorDallas E. Enfsminger Patented Dec. 11, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEHANDLE AND BRUgH HOLDER FOR PAINT ANS Dallas E. Entsminger, HiltonVillage, Va.

Application March 3, 1947, Serial No. 731,982

Claims. (01. 220-90) This invention relates to a handle and brush holderfor a paint can and has for its primary object to provide a convenienthandle and brush holder which may be easily and quickly attached to ordetached from a paint can or like receptacle having an inwardlyextending annular flange at its open end.

Another object is to provide a convenient brush rest and scraper barupon which a brush may be supported with its bristles suspended over theopen end of a paint can to prevent paint carried by the brush from beingdistributed over the outside of the can.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this inventionwhich embodies among its features a handle, an outwardly and downwardlyinclined extension at one end of the handle, a can engaging shield atthe end of the extension remote from the handle, said shield extendingtoward the general plane of the handle and lying in a planesubstantially perpendicular thereto, a hook at the end of the shieldremote from the extension adapted to overlie the flange of the can atthe open end thereof, the end of the hook remote from the shield beingadapted to enter the open end of the can and an ear projecting laterallyfrom each side of the portion of the hook which enters the can forengagement beneath the inwardly extending annular flange of the can,

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a paint can handle and brush holderembodying the features of this invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of an open paint can illustrating thishandle and brush holder mounted thereon;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substahtially along the line3-3 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 is a side view of the brush holder and paint can handle.

Referring to the drawings in detail, this improved paint can handle andbrush holder comprises a handle portion i0 which in the presentembodiment is formed of a sheet of metal having convergent side walls,and along opposite side edges rolled portions l l which are adapted toenclose a pair of spaced convergent arms [2 of a wire structure to bemore fully hereinafter described. As illustrated the sheet metal body [0is preferably concave longitudinally to form a trough in which thehandle of the paint brush is adapted to rest.

The wire structure above referred to comprises a cross bar l3 providedat opposite ends with downturned legs M. The bar [3 lies in a horizontalplane substantially coincidental with the general plane of the handleI0, and formed at the lower ends of the legs l4 are outwardly extendingears designated generally I5 comprising return bends [6 which lie in ahorizontal plane below the bar I3, and project longitudinally withrelation to the bar. The ends of the return bends l5 opposite thoseconnected with the legs [4 are provided with upturned extensions l'lterminating at their upper ends in horizontal members it which extendtoward the handle in a plane intermediate the plane of the handle andthe ears l5. Formed integrally with the horizontal members ill at theends opposite the upturned members I l are downwardly extendingconvergent bars [9 which cooperate to form a shield which lies againstthe outer side of a paint can when the device is in place thereon. Thelower convergent ends of the bars [9 have formed integrally therewithupwardly divergent extensions 2% which incline upwardly and outwardlyaway from the shield formed by the members I!) and are joined to thebars I2 of the handle Ill. A suitable binding loop 2| encircles themember 2!! adjacent their lower convergent ends to hold the parts inproperly assembled position.

In use it will be understood that the ears are entered into the canmouth with the handle ill in a substantially vertical position and theunit or holder as a unit is moved radially until the ears I5 engagebeneath the flange F of a paint can 0 when the handle and paint brushholder i then rotated about the axes of the ears [5 to bring the shieldformed by the convergent members [9 and designated generally 22 againstthe outer side of the can. When thus positioned on the paint can C thebar l3 will form a convenient rest for the bristles or ferrule of apaint brush and the handle of the brush may conveniently rest in thetrough-shaped handle III. The entire unit may be employed to lift thepaint can bodily to transport it from place to place, and the bar l3 mayconveniently be used to scrape the excess paint from the bristles of thebrush during the painting operation. Obviously the excess paint scrapedfrom the brush bristles will be drained into the can rather than havingit dribbled over the outside surface thereof as frequently occurs whenthe inturned flange F is employed as the scraper.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. A brush holder for a container of the type having an inwardlyextending flange at its upper open end, said brush holder comprising apair of V-shaped members having inner and outer legs, a handle formingmember attached adjacent the upper ends of said outer legs of saidV-shaped members and extending rear: wardly thereof away from said innerlegs of said V-shaped members, a pair of L-shaped arms each having firstand second legs, said first leg of each of said arms being attached tothe upper end of each of said inner legs and extending forwardly thereofto overlie the flange of a can, said second leg of each of said armsextending down wardly, an inverted U-shaped brush rest including a webportion and depending fingers, a pair of U-shaped ears connecting thelower ends of said fingers and the adjacent'lower ends of said secondlegs of said arms, said ears extending in opposite directions andparallel to said web portion of said brush rest to underlie the flangeof a can.

2. A brush holder for a container of the type having an inwardlyextending flange at its upper open end, said brush holder comprising apair of V-shaped members having inner and outer legs, a handle formingmember attached adjacent the upper ends of said outer legs of saidV-shaped members and extending rearwardly thereof away from said innerlegs of said V-shaped members, a pair of L-shaped arms each having firstand second legs, said first leg of each of said arms being attached tothe upper end of each of said inner legs and extending forwardly thereofto overlie the flange of a can, said second leg of each of said armsextending downwardly, an inverted U-shaped brush rest including a webportion and depending fingers, a pair of U-shaped ears connecting thelower ends of said fingers and the adjacent lower ends of said secondlegs of said arms, said ears extending in opposite directions andparallel to said web portion of said brush rest to underlie the flangeof a can, said web portion of said brush rest being disposed above saidfirst legs of said arms.

3. A brush holder for a container of the type having an inwardlyextending flange at its upper 4 open end, said brush holder comprising apair of V-shaped members having inner and outer legs, a handle formingmember attached adjacent the upper ends of said outer legs of saidV-shaped members and extending rearwardly thereof away from said innerlegs of said V-shaped members, a pair of L-shaped arms each having firstand second legs, said first leg of each of said arms being attached tothe upper end of each of said inner legs and extending forwardly thereofto overlie the flange of a can, said second leg of each of said armsextending downwardly, an inverted U-shaped brush rest including a webportion and depending fingers, a pair of U-shaped ears connecting thelower ends of said fingers and the adjacent lower ends of said secondlegs of said arms, said ears extending in opposite directions andparallel to said Web portion of said brush rest to underlie the flangeof a can, said web portion of said brush rest being greater in lengththan the spacing of said first legs of said arms relative to each other.

4. The combination of claim 1 wherein said outer legs of said V-shapedmembers and said inner legs of said V-shaped members converge downwardlytowards each other, a ring disposed about the outer legs of saidV-shaped members securing said outer legs to each other.

5. The combination of claim 1 wherein said outer legs of said V-shapedmembers and said inner legs of said V-shaped members converge downwardlytowards each other, a ring disposed about the outer legs of saidV-shaped members securing said outer legs to each other, said ring beingdisposed adjacent the apex of said V- shaped members, said ring abuttingthe inner legs of said V-shaped members.

DALLAS E. ENTSMINGER.

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